icebreaker

English

/ˈaɪsˌbɹeɪkəɹ/

noun

Definitions

A ship designed to break through ice so that it, or other ships coming behind, can navigate on frozen seas.
(figurative) A game, activity, humorous anecdote, etc., designed to relax a group of people to help them get to know each other.
(theater) A lively song and dance routine at the start of a musical.

Etymology

Compound from English ice (noun) + English breaker.

Origin

English

breaker

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Iceland English
anti-ice English
anti-icer English
artificial ice English
backbreaker English
ball-breaker English
bladebreaker English
break English
breaker English
codebreaker English
de-ice English
dead ice English
deice English
gaolbreaker English
groundbreaker English
heartbreaker English
homebreaker English
horsebreaker English
housebreaker English
ice English
ice bag English
ice bear English
ice cider English
ice circle English
ice disc English
ice disk English
ice dragon boat English
ice dragon boating English
ice drop English
ice perry English
ice swimmer English
ice-calm English
ice-cold English
ice-free English
ice-jack English
ice-out English
ice-saw English
iceane English
iceball English
icebelt English
icebird English
iceblink English
iceblock English
iceboard English
iceboat English
iceboating English
icebound English
icebox English
icebreaking English
icecrete English
icecross English
iced English
icedrake English
icefall English
icefish English
icefloe English
icefoot English
icehouse English
iceless English
icelight English
icelike English
icemaker English
icemaking English
iceman English
icemelt English
icen English
icequake English
icer English
icescape English
icestone English
icestorm English
icetime English
iceward English
icewards English
iceway English
icicle English
icy English
jailbreaker English
jawbreaker English
lawbreaker English
matchbreaker English
middlebreaker English
nonice English
nutbreaker English
oathbreaker English
pathbreaker English
peacebreaker English
rulebreaker English
safebreaker English
shipbreaker English
shopbreaker English
stonebreaker English
strikebreaker English
synthetic ice English
tiebreaker English
trailbreaker English
trucebreaker English
wedbreak English
ijs Dutch, Flemish
アイス Japanese
ブレーカー Japanese
brekere Middle English
is Middle English
ice drop Cebuano
ais Malay
아이스 Korean
aej Marshallese
aij Marshallese
ais Brunei Malay
aes Bislama
අයිස් Sinhala, Sinhalese